Fourteen dead after Humboldt Broncos bus, semi crash, taking Lives of Broncos players & Head coaches
 

Fourteen people are dead following a crash between a semi and a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team in north-central Saskatchewan, RCMP confirm.

The 14 were among 28 people on the bus at the time of the collision, according to an update from Mounties sent shortly after 12:30 a.m. Saturday. The other 14, three of which were in critical condition, were all sent to hospital.

The update did not include information on the semi driver and police did not state if the casualties were players or coaches, but a tweet from the sister of Broncos head coach Darcy Haugan stated her brother was one of the people killed.

“My brother didn’t make it,” the tweet read.

The crash occurred Friday at about 5 p.m. on Highway 35, about 30 kilometres north of Tisdale, according to RCMP.

Kevin Garinger, president of the Broncos, described the collision as a “horrible tragedy.”

“Our Broncos family is in shock as we try to come to grips with our incredible loss,” he said in a statement released by the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League team.

The bus was T-boned by a transport truck, according to the president of the Nipawin Hawks, who were scheduled to play the Broncos Friday night.

"It's a horrible accident, my God," Hawks president Darren Opp told The Canadian Press. "There's uncles and moms and dads waiting to hear whether their sons and nephews are OK.

"It's terrible. It's absolutely terrible."

source : https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/fourtee...rash-1.3875160

:Oh crap

I shed a couple tears over that tragedy. RIP 15 Good Canadian young men . words can't explain it :(

Saw this in the News. Sad to see when these kind of things happen at their prime.

The aerial view of the accident scene is horrific. Looks like the transport truck T-boned the bus.

Such a tragedy. :sadcrying

Horrible
Rip

Fixed that for you.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment...ncos-1.3880044




:thumbsup

Driver of semi in Humboldt Broncos bus crash faces 29 charges
 

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16 people died and 13 others were injured when bus and truck collided on highway

The driver of the tractor-trailer that collided with the Humboldt Broncos team bus has been arrested and charged, RCMP announced on Friday.

Truck driver Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, 29, is facing 16 counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and 13 counts of dangerous operation of motor vehicle causing bodily injury.

He was arrested at his home in Calgary on Friday morning and remanded into custody. Sidhu is set to appear in court in Saskatchewan next week, but no date has been set.

Convictions for dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death can result in a sentence of up to 14 years in prison, while a conviction for injuring someone could land someone in prison for 10 years.

"Whatever happened, happened for a reason," said crash survivor and former Bronco Ryan Straschnitzki. "His intention wasn't to go out and hurt us that day, but that mistake is obviously going to change his life and changed all our lives."

The Humboldt Broncos released a statement Friday afternoon thanking the RCMP and its investigators for their work.

"Our organization has faith in the justice system and we will be watching closely as this court process plays out," the statement read. "Our primary focus continues to be supporting the survivors, families and others that were directly impacted by the tragedy on April 6."

Sidhu was working for the Calgary-based Adesh Deol Trucking Ltd. when the crash occurred at a rural intersection.

He was driving west on Highway 335 in a semi as a Charlie's Charters bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos was northbound on Highway 35 to an SJHL playoff game in Nipawin, Sask.

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The team bus was travelling northbound on Highway 35. The semi-trailer was coming from the east on Highway 335.
The semi had a stop sign and the bus did not.

The bus had the right of way. There is a flashing stop sign for drivers on Highway 335 at Highway 35 between Nipawin and Tisdale. The RCMP said the semi was in the intersection when the vehicles collided.

Sidhu was briefly detained after the April 6 collision then released. He was uninjured.

"I know it has been difficult for many to await the outcome of this police investigation," said Curtis Zablocki, Saskatchewan RCMP commanding officer and assistant commissioner, noting the three-month timeline. "The time it took to do this work — this important work — was necessary."

The Canadian Trucking Alliance said in a statement Friday that once the facts of the case are known, it will work with the provinces and the federal government to improve commercial vehicle safety.

The statement also said the CTA would like to see the results of the investigation into the trucking company that employed Sidhu.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saska...info-1.4736826